Granite

The main ones are Half Dome, El Capitan, and Glacier Point. The 8842 feet tall Half Dome got its name because it looks like a dome cut in half. El Capitan was sculpted by glaciers and made out of granite. Many people try to climb this challenging rock which is more than 5 times taller than the Empire State Building! Glacier Point has a majestic view you can see from 7214 feet high. The water from mountains came flowing down at such a force that gorges…

It is the architect’s responsibility to design his or her building to have a significant impact on the occupants’ spatial experience. This experience goes far beyond the physical and tangible components of the design, it is metaphysical, observed, perceived. It is for example, like our favorite song, it goes much deeper than just lyrics and melodies it creates a connection between us and the feeling, experience, or memory we link that song to when we hear it. “When an architect thinks about…

Egyptians had to level all of the area all around the build site.next they had to cut the stones to match the one below that stone. They aligned the stones with the most important stars! They used Granite and Limestone to build the pyramids, the article Building the great pyramid states, “On a granite block”(Shaw p.7). The corners of the pyramids were fixed to face the cardinal directions. They used ramps to haul the stone blocks up to where they were to be put. The article Building the great…

fascinating landscape that can be observed by people from all over (NPS). The formation of Yosemite Valley has been a natural phenomena for millions of years, formed by some of Earth’s most compelling geological sources. Yosemite has many beautiful granite formations and glacier-carved landscapes that attract everyone from artists to geologists (Huber, 1987). Yosemite Valley was formed by a series of different forces including volcanism beneath the Earth’s surface, the movements of plate…

The blocks of granite were quarried out of the plateau nearby and the limestone out of many different quarries as far away as fifty miles upriver. All the blocks were checked for dimensions with special rods made specifically for that purpose. Most of the blocks used…

limited to bathroom vanities and kitchen tops but also can be used at a bar, surround for fireplaces, table tops, etc. 3. Sturdiness Apart from diamond, topaz, and sapphire that are harder than quartz, silestone has more than four times the strength of granite. Silestone vanity tops Tampa Bay offers a natural resistance to scratch and less vulnerable to chipping and cracking. Although they are very strong, silestone vanity tops should not be subjected to excessive force or pressure. 4. Diverse…

Did you ever notice that the statue in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. on the National Monument is call the Stone of Hope? In Elementary, I was taught about the heroic act of King every year when Martin Luther King Jr. Day in January approach. King’s I Have a Dream speech so far is the only speech spoken from a leader that I clearly remember. Because King devoted his whole life to end segregation in the U.S., the Stone of Hope is dedicated to him. What’s interesting is that the Stone of Hope was…

4: YouTube: “The Bridge Construction - Mega Structure” | National Geographic Summary: Megastructures is a narrative TV arrangement showing up on the National Geographic Channel in the United States and in different nations. Every scene is an instructive look of differing profundity into the construction, operation, and staffing of different structures or construction projects, however not normal construction products. For the most part containing interviews with designers and task managers, it…

in geological understanding, as it introduced the idea of a gradual process instead of a sudden catastrophic and theological process. The notion that formations could arise from heat-generated processes within the Earth’s crust, as observed with granite, and that these processes were still occurring was unrecognized prior to Hutton’s theory. Thus, Hutton’s discovery is considered to be a turning point for geology, as his observational research caused the scientific geological interpretations of…

Capitol that includes a symmetrical shape with columns surrounding the exterior. As for the façade I didn’t want a large stair case like Utah’s Capitol has, instead I chose the portico of California’s capitol which has several stairs leading to a grey granite front above which stand white pillars and a balcony area for the first floor. With the basic outside structure the next task was deciding on which materials to use to represent the state building and its…